I'd like to do just organic fertilizer this year. It's not easy to
find, Miracle Grow has one, as did one other brand that I don't
recognize. These seem to be have little to no K and P and are almost all N.
Since I'm a city boy, what should I be looking for? I'm just growing
the usual "garden variety" veggies. Tomatoes, assorted cucurbits and a
few blueberries and a peach.
Wally World has a product called Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure,
that's .05 .05 .05 at $1.50 for 40 pound bag. Consistency looks good in
that it doesn't seem to have much, if any, wood in it. Soil (Atlanta Ga)
is still clayey (particularly if I go down a foot). I've used up the mulch.
Should I amend heavily with this? Will I need more fertilizer later?
To start with?
Jeff
Posted by Billy on April 10, 2010, 1:25 am
> I'm getting the garden ready, seeds are started. > > I'd like to do just organic fertilizer this year. It's not easy to > find, Miracle Grow has one, as did one other brand that I don't > recognize. These seem to be have little to no K and P and are almost all N. > > Since I'm a city boy, what should I be looking for? I'm just growing > the usual "garden variety" veggies. Tomatoes, assorted cucurbits and a > few blueberries and a peach. > > Wally World has a product called Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure, > that's .05 .05 .05 at $1.50 for 40 pound bag. Consistency looks good in > that it doesn't seem to have much, if any, wood in it. Soil (Atlanta Ga) > is still clayey (particularly if I go down a foot). I've used up the mulch. > > Should I amend heavily with this? Will I need more fertilizer later? > To start with? > > Jeff
Tomatoes: 18 lbs chicken manure/100 sq. ft. Do not fertilize after
flowering.
Cucurbits: "organic" fish emulsion, per label
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> >> I'm getting the garden ready, seeds are started. >> >> I'd like to do just organic fertilizer this year. It's not easy to >> find, Miracle Grow has one, as did one other brand that I don't >> recognize. These seem to be have little to no K and P and are almost all N. >> >> Since I'm a city boy, what should I be looking for? I'm just growing >> the usual "garden variety" veggies. Tomatoes, assorted cucurbits and a >> few blueberries and a peach. >> >> Wally World has a product called Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure, >> that's .05 .05 .05 at $1.50 for 40 pound bag. Consistency looks good in >> that it doesn't seem to have much, if any, wood in it. Soil (Atlanta Ga) >> is still clayey (particularly if I go down a foot). I've used up the mulch. >> >> Should I amend heavily with this? Will I need more fertilizer later? >> To start with? >> >> Jeff > > Tomatoes: 18 lbs chicken manure/100 sq. ft. Do not fertilize after > flowering.
I don't believe I have ever seen this anywhere, in any form. And I live
in a state that raises a lot of chickens. Perhaps I need to look much
farther out. Certainly not within 20 miles.
> Cucurbits: "organic" fish emulsion, per label
This, I think I can find.
Jeff
Posted by Tom J on April 10, 2010, 10:48 am
Jeff Thies wrote:
> Billy wrote:
>> Tomatoes: 18 lbs chicken manure/100 sq. ft. Do not fertilize after >> flowering. > I don't believe I have ever seen this anywhere, in any form. And I > live in a state that raises a lot of chickens. Perhaps I need to > look > much farther out. Certainly not within 20 miles.
You can find all kinds of organic fertilizer in the Georgia Farmer's
Market Bulletin. It's free to Georgia residents, so order your own
personal subscription.
In the meantime, here are the current ads:
http://www.agr.state.ga.us/mbads/
Tom J
Posted by Jeff Thies on April 10, 2010, 1:13 pm
Tom J wrote:
> Jeff Thies wrote: >> Billy wrote: > >>> Tomatoes: 18 lbs chicken manure/100 sq. ft. Do not fertilize after >>> flowering. >> I don't believe I have ever seen this anywhere, in any form. And I >> live in a state that raises a lot of chickens. Perhaps I need to >> look >> much farther out. Certainly not within 20 miles. > > You can find all kinds of organic fertilizer in the Georgia Farmer's > Market Bulletin. It's free to Georgia residents, so order your own > personal subscription. > > In the meantime, here are the current ads: > http://www.agr.state.ga.us/mbads/
Thanks, I had no idea...
No chicken manure though (wait I did find one 60 miles out)...
I did note that aside from this individual:
Aged horse manure: $20 a scoop, $30 a pickup truck load.
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> I'd like to do just organic fertilizer this year. It's not easy to
> find, Miracle Grow has one, as did one other brand that I don't
> recognize. These seem to be have little to no K and P and are almost all N.
>
> Since I'm a city boy, what should I be looking for? I'm just growing
> the usual "garden variety" veggies. Tomatoes, assorted cucurbits and a
> few blueberries and a peach.
>
> Wally World has a product called Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure,
> that's .05 .05 .05 at $1.50 for 40 pound bag. Consistency looks good in
> that it doesn't seem to have much, if any, wood in it. Soil (Atlanta Ga)
> is still clayey (particularly if I go down a foot). I've used up the mulch.
>
> Should I amend heavily with this? Will I need more fertilizer later?
> To start with?
>
> Jeff